Buying iPods from a vending machine?

This was too cool not to post. You can buy XM portable satellite radios, too.

ZoomShops look like ordinary vending machines at first blush. Behind the glass lie rows of products stacked in an orderly fashion, awaiting passersby with cravings for peanuts and potato chips. But then you notice the lighting and the case itself, which looks more Sharper Image than Minute Maid, and the ATM-style touchscreen off on one side.

But it’s what’s inside behind the glass that’s really eye-popping. iPods—nanos, videos, shuffles, you name it—as well as accessories like noise-canceling headphones and cases. There are also items for the business traveler like cell phone batteries and headsets, phones from Virgin Mobile, LinkSys wireless products and blank media from Maxell. And there are fun things, too, PSPs, Gameboys, even Sirius and XM portable satellite radios.

Posted by Sam on Wednesday, January 18th, 2006 at 5:16 pm under Satellite Radio.
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